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7 eat monitoring equipment. The former gas station operation resulted in soil and ground water contamination at both parcels. On -going site remediation has been completed and monitoring will proceed under the purview of San Mateo County Environmental Health. General Plan Map P Reslden ial - Lox 11ro sT Reasons for Amendments Both parcels (20 Avondale and 150 El Camino) will have to be merged to allow the type and size of the project being proposed. Both parcels should also have the same Zoning and General Plan designation to allow the proposed mixed use development. In combination, 20 Avondale Avenue and 150 El Camino Real will have a 136 foot depth from the El Camino Real frontage. This depth is similar to the parcel depths of nearby commercial properties. This parcel area and depth are needed forthe development of both parcels. (Due to the soil contamination history, redevelopment of 20 Avondale Avenue with a single - family home is highly unlikely). Without 20 Avondale, 150 El Camino Real is too shallow (only 86 feet deep) for most commercial redevelopment options. Issues At a previous meeting before the Planning Commission on October 16, 2001, many neighbors, predominantly with properties on Avondale and Finger Avenues, brought up several issues pertaining to the project and the proposed General Plan and Zoning Map Amendments. In general, they were concerned about the size and scale of the project, potential traffic impacts, and also about the commercial encroachment into their neighborhood. (Minutes from the October 16, 2001 Planning Commission meeting are included in Attachment #3.) In response to the Planning Commission's and neighbors' concerns, the developer held a neighborhood meeting on February 27, 2002 to review the plans. The plans were modified according to that meeting and presented at the June 4, 2002 Planning Commission meeting. As proposed, the building would be located on the portion of the property currently designated as 150 El Camino Real, which is already located in the General Commercial (CG) Zoning District. The rear portion (currently 20 Avondale Avenue) would be used for surface parking. This configuration was deemed to be the most favorable site layout, since it allows a greater distance between the proposed three -story mixed use building and the adjacent single family home at 30 Avondale Avenue (adjacent to the rear of the project). However, during the public hearings, neighbors still expressed concern about commercial buildings encroaching closer into their residential neighborhood. They feared that if 20 Zoning Map